HEADSUP: Replacing GNU gzip(1) implementation with a BSD licensed version

[LI Xin]

Divacky Roman wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 06:03:48PM +0800, LI Xin wrote:
>> Dear folks,
>>
>> A BSD licensed gzip version has been ported from NetBSD, in order to
>> replace the current GNU GPL'ed gzip version found in our base system.
>>
>> The new gzip would be added to src/usr.bin.  It is expected to hit the
>> tree soon.
> 
> how does performance compare between the bsdzip and gzip?

If you mean speed, I have only tested this roughly on an Xeon based i386
box, and the result was that difference are within epsilon.

Cheers,
-- 
Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!

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